Fire dragon dance staged in Chongqing to celebrate National Day

A fire dragon dance show was staged in Tongliang District, southwest China's Chongqing, to celebrate the National Day on Tuesday.　

Tongliang, a district in Chongqing, claims to be the home of the country's best dragon dance performance, a nationally listed intangible cultural heritage.　

The Tongliang dragon dance dates back to the Sui (581-618) and Tang (618-907) dynasties, when people prayed for rain by worshipping the rain-bringing dragon kings, who in Chinese mythology lord over the seas and control the weather.